When Gilbert Gottfried was fired from the role of the Aflac duck for making terrible tsunami jokes, he was just the latest in a long line of insurance spokesmen to get fired amid public outrage. (Well, there's another one.)

The voice behind the unequivocally irritating Aflac duck, Gilbert Gottfried, has been canned by the …
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Last year, voiceover actor DC Douglas was fired as the voice of Geico's television campaigns after he left a prank voice message on a Tea Party organization's website. Now he has some thoughts in Salon about the plight of the insurance company spokesman who becomes the center of a firestorm. Most useful in times like these where the time between tasteless tweet to hasty firing is fast approaching zero, is this:

Imagine a stranger coming up to you and saying, "Dude, I heard what you said about that thing and I disagree! I found it as offensive as Janet Jackson's bare boob at a Super Bowl half-time show! I'm going to get all my friends to call up Applebee's and get you fired!"

Operating from a place of anger is a Charlie Sheen kind of "winning." Perhaps indignant people should focus on productive gestures, like helping up those in need, rather than tearing down others you disagree with.